Traumatic optic neuropathy is a blinding eye disease that causes severe damage to vision due to external force damage to the optic nerve.. Autophagy is an intracellular degradation pathway that helps maintain the balance between the synthesisof normal cell components and the breakdown of damaged organelles and toxic cellular components. Autophagy markers are increased in optic nerve and retina after optic nerve trauma. Autophagy may play different roles on retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) at different stages of traumatic optic neuropathy. Most studies have shown that upregulating autophagy can attenuate RGCs death in traumatic optic neuropathy; however, it has also been suggested that inhibition of autophagy at ultra-early stage after injury can inhibit RGCs axonal degeneration. In this review, we reviewed the definition and function of autophagy, the mechanism of autophagy, and summarized the change of autophagy level after optic nerve trauma, as well as the effects of autophagy in RGCs after optic nerve trauma.
Objective: The etiology and clinical characteristics of patients with binocular diplopia as main symptom were investigated using retrospective analysis method. Methods: The clinical data of patients with binocular diplopia treated in department of ophthalmolog y, affiliated hospital of Weifang Medical University from January 2021 to March 2022 was summarized and the etiology and clinical characteristics retrospectively. Results: There were totally 29 patients, 16 males and 13 females, aged from 17 to 81 years, with an average of (59 ± 14) years; among them, there were 8 cases derived from vascular factors, including 5 cases with cerebrovascular disease, 2 cases with posterior communicating artery aneurysm and 1 case with internuclear ophthalmoplegia. There were 8 cases derived from inflammatory and immune factors, including 4 cases with myasthenia gravis, 2 cases with Tolosa-Hunt syndrome, 1 case with hypertrophic meningitis and 1 case with inflammatory pseudotumor. There were 9 cases derived from endocrine factors, including 5 cases with peripheral neuropathy in diabetes and 4 cases with thyroid related ophthalmopathy. There were 2 cases derived from tumors, including 1 case with oculomotor schwannoma, 1 case with orbital MALT lymphoma and there were 2 other cases of trauma. Conclusions: The etiology of binocular diplopia is complicated and the clinicians should pay attention to the screening of systemic diseases of patients refer to the principle of localization diagnosis first and qualitative analysis next so as to improve the diagnostic accuracy and reduce the misdiagnosis rate.
Progressive visual impairment is more common in ametropia, primary open-angle glaucoma, cataract, hereditary and metabolic diseases of optic nerve and retina, and less common in orbital and intracranial masses. Intracranial arachnoid cysts are usually asymptomatic benign congenital lesions with a small number of visual impairments. The absence of the bone wall of the optic canal was seen in normal subjects with good gasification of the posterior ethmoid sinus and sphenoid sinus. In this case report we describe a 59-year-old man with a left temporal arachnoid cyst and a defect of the bone wall of the optic canal complained of left visual field defect and blurred vision for more than one year. The mechanism of visual dysfunction was analyzed by collecting the patient’s medical history, imaging data and the results of visual function examination.
Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of modified “Z”-shaped knotless transscleral suture fixation intraocular lens (IOL) and traditional knotted transscleral suture fixation IOL in congenital ectopia lentis. Methods: A retrospective case study. A total of 73 eyes of 73 patients with congenital ectopia lentis who underwent surgical treatment in our hospital from January 2018 to March 2021 were included. According to different surgical methods, the patients were divided into the knotless group (36 eyes) and knotted group (37 eyes). Preoperative and postoperative of 1-year diopter sphere (DS), diopter cylinder (DC), spherical equivalent (SE), best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), and axial length (AL), corneal endothelial cell counts and the occurrence of postoperative complications rate were analyzed among two groups. Results: There was no significant difference in preoperative outcome measures between the two groups (P>0.05). BCVA at 1-year postoperative was significantly better (P<0.05), and SE at 1-year postoperative was significantly lower (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in BCVA, DS, DC, SE, IOP, AL, and corneal endothelial cell loss rate between the two groups at 1-year after operation (P>0.05). One year after the operation, there were 5 cases of suture exposure (13.5%) in the knotted group and no suture exposure in the knotless group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusions: The modified knotless IOL transscleral suture fixation can improve the best corrected visual acuity and alleviate ametropia of CEL patients, and reduce suture exposure and related complications effectively.
Ectopai lentis refers to the abnormal development and rupture of the suspensory ligament caused by various causes, which leads to the abnormal position of the lens. The types of lens dislocation are complex and the clinical treatment methods are different. This article reports an elderly man who suffered from complete dislocation of the right eye lens and incomplete dislocation of the left eye intraocular lens in the left eye, respectively, accompanied by hyperhomocysteinemia due to trauma. After admission, he underwent binocular surgery after admission, and the surgical methods were different, but the expected results were obtained.
Objective: To investigate the operation method and clinical effects of a modified-simple technique in children with subluxated lens extraction. Methods: Lens extraction was performed in 40 eyes of 23 children. During operation, the scleral tunnel and 3 lateral corneal incision were made, and anterior chamber maintainer was inserted through one corneal incision. Under stable anterior chamber perfusion, anterior capsulorrhexis was made by needle capsulotome. After hydro-dissection, the content of lens was withdrawn by suction needle completely. Then anterior chamber maintainer was removed, and the capsular bag was dragged out by capsulorhexis forceps and fixation forceps. Anterior vitrectomy was performed if there was prolapse of vitreous. Then scleral intraocular lens fixation was performed. The surgical effects were observed at median 39.0 months postoperative. Results: After surgery, the average uncorrected visual acuity was (0.44±0.22) LogMAR, the average best corrected distant visual acuity was (0.20±0.16) LogMAR. The uncorrected visual acuity and best corrected distant visual acuity were improved postoperative(P<0.001). The intraocular pressure of all patients was stable during operation. During and after operation, there were no fundus complications, such as secondary retinal detachment and suprachoroidal hemorrhage. Conclusion: Modified-simple technique of subluxated lens extraction of children has little disturbance on vitreous and takes shorter time of operation. It is simple, easy to learn and requires simple surgical equipment. This modified technique deserves to be generalized.
As the population of myopia grows rapidly, myopia has become a hot issue of global concern. Preventing myopia and slowing the progression of myopia to reduce the occurrence of pathological myopia and reduce the cost of myopia is the main purpose of related clinical work and scientific researches. Currently, atropine is the main drug for the prevention and control of myopia, and both laboratory studies and clinical trials have confirmed its effect. The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends the use of 0.01% atropine, which is reported to be 50% to 53% effective in preventing and controlling myopia. This review collects the clinical and laboratory researches in decades to summarize the study progress in atropine for preventing and controlling myopia, including the clinical application effects, the influencing factors such as concentration, individual differences, bioavailability, and the related mechanisms. We also highlight the existing difficulties and challenges in the use of atropine in clinic.
Objective: To investigate and analyze the refractive status of primary and secondary school students in Lanzhou City, and to understand the epidemiological characteristics of screening refractive errors among primary and secondary school students in Lanzhou City. Methods: Using the cross-sectional research method, primary and secondary school students from 47 schools in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province from April to December 2021 were selected as survey subjects by random stratified sampling method. Taking school as a unit, international standard visual acuity chart was used to check the eyesight and non-cycloplegia computerized autorefractor was used for refractive examination. Visual acuity ≥5.0 is considered normal; whereas visual acuity <4.8 is considered as poor vision. Poor vision is further divided into: short-sightedness with myopic spherical equivalent ≥0.75 DS; long-sightedness with telephoto spherical equivalent ≥+2.00 DS; astigmatism with cylinder mirror equivalent ≥1.00 DC; anisometropia with the difference of diopters between the two eyes (spherical equivalent) ≥1.00 DS. The percentage of the survey subjects with different refractive status in different grades were compared. Results: A total of 40 302 subjects were enrolled, including 21 328 males and 18 974 females. There were 37 938 Han and 2 364 ethnic minorities; 26 122 elementary, 9 346 middle and 4 834 high schools. The total detection rate of low visual acuity was 59.1% (23 832/40 302), and 48.8% (12 748/26 122) in primary school, junior middle school and senior high school, 76.9% (7 189/9 346) and 87.9% (4 250/4 834), respectively. The total detection rate of myopia was 63.3% (25 521/40 302), among which, the detection rate of screening myopia in primary school, middle school and high school was 51.4% (13 438/26 122), 84.4% (7 888/9 346) and 86.8% (4 195/4 834), respectively. The detection rates of screening low visual acuity, hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism and anisometropia were statistically significant in low, middle and high grades (all P<0.001). Conclusion: The detection rate of low vision and myopia among primary and secondary school students in Lanzhou is higher than the national average, and the detection rate increases gradually with the increase of grades.
As a special type of refractive eye disease, high myopia (HM) not only causes progressive and degenerative fundus changes, but also has a high prevalence of optic nerve damage. Glaucoma is the most common form of irreversible blinding eye diseases worldwide, among which, primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common type. In recent studies, HM is found to have similarities on pathological changes as that of POAG. And HM fundus changes are easily confused with early stage POAG fundus changes; thus, the early detection of POAG on HM patients is highly important on disease deferment or prevention of disease progression. Macular degeneration as well as optic nerve morphology and structural changes are to be observed in the long-term follow-up for HM patients.
Objective: To understand the current situation of scientific research ability of postgraduates with professional degrees in ophthalmology and put forward improvement measures. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on the current situation of scientific research ability, scientific research obstacles and scientific research training willingness, 76 postgraduate students of different grades majoring in ophthalmology of three affiliated hospitals of Harbin Medical University were involved. Results: Under the merging residency training system, the foundation of scientific research and clinical knowledge of postgraduates is relatively weak, and the heavy clinical learning task were the main obstacles to scientific research of postgraduates. Conclusion: It is proposed that the teaching bases could provide multi-mode scientific research training to cater to students' individual needs. Not only clinical diagnosis and treatment training could be strengthened to cultivate students’ scientific research thinking, but scientific research topic selection strategy could be optimized by to meet the demand for development of times and broaden students’ scientific research vision.
